Car.



PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

QNO. 761,626.

s. M. GURWEN. CAR' LPPLIGATION FILED AUG. 21, 1903.`

l0 HODEL.

.INI v lll I l l I l l f UNITED .STATES resented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR.

SPECIFICATION Yforming part of Letters Patent No. 761,626, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed August 21,1903. Serial No. 170,258.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.: I

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. OURWEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and 1 useful Improvements in Oars, of which the following is a specification;

The object of my invention is to construct a car-frame which is adapted to the typeV known as semiconvertible or other form of cars in which the sashes are dropped into side pockets which extend to near the lower edges of the sills and tosimplify structures of this class by utilizing commercial forms of iron and wood so as to obtain a maximum strength at a minimum cost. This I accomplish by combining an angle-iron sill with a truss-plank and stan chions in the manner hereinafter set forth.

I have devised a car wherein the upper sashes are adapted to be lowered into side pockets, the lower end being below the floorlevel. The side posts or s tanchions arevbolted on the outside of a longitudinal angle-iron sill and to a horizontal truss-plank, which latter bears on the iron sill. truss-plank may support the flooring. By securing the side posts to the outside of the sill and truss-plank they may be made longer and the grooves therein also longer, whereby the sashes may pass down to a greater depth, which will permit oi' the use of larger sashes. Inorder to give a stronger construction between the side posts and side sills, the posts may rest preferably on an outwardly-extending flange formed on the sill, the post then being bolted to the upright web^oi` the sill, as shown in the drawings.

By the construction herein shown and described I am enabled to build a car having part metallic side sills over forms, which materially lessens the cost and time of production.

In divisional applications iled November 24, 1903, bearing Serial Nos. 182,464 and 182,465,

respectively, I have claimed specifically the modifications shown in Figures 2 and 4.

Either the sill or the` (No model.)

Further details of improvement will be hereinafter explained, and further pointed outl in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specifieation, Fig. l is a cross-section of one side of a car, showing sill-floor, post, truss-plank, Fig. 2 is a similar view of a carin which a Z-iron has been used in the sill construction. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a car in which an angle-iron of two webs is used. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, partly in section. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of thearrows and with the sash in its lower position. i

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the car-iiooring; v2, the outside sheeting secured to the post, and 3 the side posts or` stanchions, and 4Athe side sills of the car, which is made of channel or angle iron. In the construction shown in Fig. l the sill is composed of a channel-iron having a vertical web 5 and vthe upper and lower horizontal flanges 6 and 7. In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the side sill is composed of a beam, substantially Z shape in cross-section, having an upright web 8, the upper horizontal web 9, and the lower horizontal web 10. Fig. 3 has a sill composed of an upright web 11 and the horizontal iiange 12, while-in Fig. 4 the sill consists of the upright web-13 and upper iange 14. The car is not shown in full, as it is understood that both sides are-constructed alike, the side sills being secured together in any of the well-known ways.-

l On the top of the side sill rests the longitudinal truss-plank 15, which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, may be bolted to the upper iianges 6 or 9 of the sills by means -oi bolts 16. The plank is also bolted or screwed to the stanchions by bolts 20". 20h or screws. The upper flange 9 in Fig. 2 is long enough to extend inwardly beyond the truss-plank, so that the flooring may rest thereon, as at 17.

The side posts 10 are provided with grooves' 18 to receive the upper panel 19 when the car is converted. The stanchions are long enough to reach to the bottom of' the sidesill and the ends adapted to rest on the outwardly-extending lower fiange'of the sill in the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3. rIhe post is secured against the upright web 5, 8, 11, or 18 of the sill by means of the bolts 20, which pass transversely through the posts and side sills, a filling-piece 21 being inserted at the end of the post to rrest on the sill-flange and make a proper connection for the post and flange, it being held in place by the lower bolt 20.

A modified form of construction is that shown in Fig. 4, wherein the side sill is composed of an angle-iron beam having the upright web and the inwardly-extending flange, which supports the floor, and truss-beam similar to that shown in Fig. 2. In this form and that shown in Fig. 1 it is necessary to provide a second filling-piece 22 at the lower end of the post to close the end between the outside sheeting and the side sill.

Another way of constructing my invention is shown in Fig. 3, wherein the side sill is composed of a similar angle-beam, as shown in Fig. 4, but so placed that the flange is at the bottom and extending outwardly. In this form the post is secured to the sill the same as in Fig. 2. The only difference in this form from the others is that the car-flooring extends farther and rests on the top edge 23 of' thel sill and the truss-plank rests on the fioor en s.

Having described my inventiom. what I claim is- 1. A car having an angle-iron sill, a longitudinal truss-plank bearing on said sill, and stanchions or posts secured to the sill and plank.

2. A car having an angle-iron side sill, a trussplank fixed to said sill, stanchions secured thereto, anda car-flooring resting on the side sills, said stanchions extending tothe bottom of the side sill.

3. A car or similar vehicle having angleiron side sills, truss-planks fixed to said sills, vertically-disposed stanchions secured to the outside of said sills, and extending to the bottom thereof, and a car-ooring resting on the upper part of said sill.

4. A car or similar vehicle having angleiron side sills, vertically disposed, longitudinal truss-plank supported on the side sill, a car-floor resting on the side sill, and stanchions secured to the outside of the sill, and passing below the floor-level.

5. A car or similar vehicle, having side sills composed of angle-iron having an upright web, stanchions secured to the upright web, extending to the bottom thereof,a sash-groove in the stanchion, a longitudinal truss-plank supported on the side sill and secured to the posts, and a car-fioor adapted to rest on the side sill.

G. A car or similar vehicle, having a side sill, composed of an upright web adapted to support a car-floor, a horizontal web extending outwardly, stanchions secured to the vcrtical web of said sill and resting on the horizontal web and sash-grooves in the stanchions extending to the horizontal sill-web.

'l'. A car or similar vehicle having a side sill composed of a vertical web, an inwardlyextending horizontal web, stanchions secured to the vertical web and extending to the bottom thereof, and a filler secured to the end of' -the stanchion and to the sill.

8. A car or similar vehicle having an angleiron side sill, composed of a vertical web, and outwardly-extending horizontal fianges, stalichions provided with grooves secured to the vertical web of the sill resting on the horizontal fiange, the grooves in said stanchion extending to said horizontal web of the side sill.'

9. A car or similar vehicle having a side sill comprising an upright web, and an outwardlyextending horizontal flange, car-flooring resting on the upright web, posts, having longitudinal grooves, secured to the upright web, said post and grooves extending below the car-flooring, and a longitudinal filler secured to the lower end of the post and to the sill.

10. A car-frame having an angle-iron sill with a truss-plank bolted to the upper edge thereof.

11. A car having an angle-iron sill with a truss-plank secured to the upper edge thereof, and stanchions bolted to said sill and trussplank.

12. In a car or similar vehicle, an an gle-iron side sill, grooved posts fixed tothe outer sido of said sill so that sash-pockets will be formed exterior to said sills.

13. In a car or similar vehicle, an anglemetal side sill with grooved posts fixed to the exterior thereof, and a web on the lower edge of said sill on which said posts rest.

14. In a car or similar vehicle, an anglemetal side sill with grooved posts bolted to its exterior surface, so that the sash-grooves extend adjacent the lower edge of said sill.

15. In a car or similar vehicle, an angleinetal side sill with grooved posts fixed to its exterior and means for limiting the movement of sashes in said grooves adjacent to the lower edge of said sill.

16. In a car or similar vehicle, an anglemetal side sill with grooved posts fixed to its exterior, and filling-pieces connected with said posts.

17. In a car or similar vehicle, an angle- IOO IIO

' metal side sill With grooved posts ixed thereto, a Web on which said posts rest near the lower edge of said sill,'and filling-piece ixed to said posts.

18. In a ear or snnilarvehiele, an angle- ,metal side sill 'with a truss-plank bolted thereto.

19. In a car or similar Vehicle, an angle- Inetal side sill With a truss-plank fixed with an IO edge on said sill by means of bolts.

'20. In a oar or similar Vehicle, an angle inetal side sill with a truss-plank bolted thereto sothat each have abutting edges.

Signed inthe city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this 11th day of I5 

